Temporary binder



G. H. MOORE. TEMPORARY BINDER.

Jan. 9, 1923.

FILED APR. 25.1921.

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lllatnnter GEORGE H. IVZGORIE, Ui? BRGIMINE, MLASSACHUSETTS.

TElllPRJhEY IBIENDER.

Application led April 25, 15ml. Serial No. flt.

To all 'whom t may concern:

.'.Be it known that l, Gnonsn l-l. Mooier, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Brookline, inthe county ot ltloriiollr and State of lilassachusetts, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Temporary Binders, of which the followingis a speci-v iication.

rlhis invention relates to a temporary binder which includes a base or holder and a plurality oit Wire arches, constituting` movable leai-engaging members mounted to oscillate on the base and adapted to enter orifices formed in loose leaves, and connect said leaves side by side in the torni ot a paclr. A binder oit the type to which the inventionrelates is disclose@` by my Patent lilo. 905,559, dated December l., 1908.

rlhe present invention is embodied in certain improvements hereinafter described and claimed, on the construction shown by the above-me`ntioned patent, whereby the movable leaf-engaging members are adapt ed to be connected with the. base member in such manner that each is capable oit being1 independently manipulated, so that the members may be singly, successively and progressively engaged vvith and disengaged vfrom the leaves, this capability being desirable or reasons which will hereinafter apear.

Of the accompanying,- drawings 'forming` a part of this specificatiom- Figure 1 is a plan view, shovving; the base member, the movable leaf-engaging inembers, andthe movable member anchoring means of a temporary binder embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Figure 3 is a perspective vien7 ot one oi' the movable members.

Figure 4t is a section on line Lil-1l ot lligp ure 1. y

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view similar to a portion oit .ltigrure l, showing' a modilication.

Figure 6 is a plan view ott the portion ot the anchoring .means shoivn by Figure ligure 'l' is a fragmentary vieiv similar to a; portion ot Figure 1, showing another modiiication.

Figure 8 is a section on Figure 5.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all oli the i'igures.

' lin the drawings, lf2 represents a dat base the line 88 of which may be of any suitable 'form and construction, whereby it is adapted to support the anchoringmeans and the mov nl i 1 Ioie members hereinafter described. As here shown, the base member is the back portion of a cover which connects tvvo side pieces 13, adapted to be closed upon a pack oit' leaves. The base member may, however, be otherwise embodied.

l secure to the base member by suitable anchoring means as hereinafter described, a plurality ot independent resilient movable members of bent Wire, said members each includinp,1 a leat-engaginp,- portion or arch 1li, and a short journal. portion l5, from Which the archsprings, the plane ot the arch be-` in@I substantially at a right angle With the journal. f

rlhe anchoring means above mentioned may be o any suitable construction, adapted tobe attached as by eyelets 16 to the base member, and having bearing` bosses in which the journal portions 15 are adapted to turn independently to permit independ` ent movement of each arch 1li to and from its leaf-confining position, and detents arranged to engage the tree ends of the arches and releasably conhne the latter in their lea'lconi'ining positions, the formation Oli the movable members and the anchoring members being such that stops are provided which maintain the arches in operative relation to the detents, each arch being independently maintained in said relation by said stops.

ln the embodiment of the invention membei` 5 1shovvn by Figure 1, l have embodied the said anchoring` means in a plurality of sheet metal plates 17, one ttor each movable member. Each plate is independently attached to the base member 12, and each is provided with a short bearing, boss, forming With the base member a practically tubular bearing' 18, in which the journal portion 15 oi`i one o't the movable memliers is adapted. to turn, and vvith a detent boss 223. having; an oriiice 19, a portion of the margin of' which 'forms a detent adapted to engage the free end ot the arch lil of the same member. The ends ot the boss 18 form stopsla, one of which abuts against the arch 1a, and the other against a shoulder or enlargement 20, formed on the journal portion, means be! ingv thus provided tor preventing endvvise movement oit the journal portion and bodily sidevvise movement ot the arch portion ot the movable member. The tree end of the arch portion olf each movable member' adapted to be sprung or deflected sidewise Vtrom its normal position to enable a notch 21 in said tree end to spring into engagement with the detent-'torming ot' the orifice 19. but this does not amount to a bodily sidewise displacement oit the arch. The said detent-forming edge is arranged in the path in which the arch 1st moves, so that the notch 2l, engages the detent boss when the arch, in swinging from the dotted line position shown by Figure 2, reaches the full line position.

The stops may be the edges 18b of a slot formed between the ends of the boss 18, as shown by Figures 5 and 6, said stops abutting against opposite sides of one end portion of the arch 11i.

The anchoring means may include a detent boss 23, adapted to perform its function by cutting slits therein, as shown by Figures 5 and 6, these slots intersecting an orifice formed in the boss, so that spring tongues 191L are provided, adapted to snap into engagement with notches in the free end or' the arch 14.

The plate 17 of the embodiment illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 is provided along opposite edges with the bosses 18, 23, the former receiving the journal 15 of the arch 14, and the latter having the spring tongues 19a formed therein.

The independent plates 17 or 17 are adapted to be variably spaced apart on the base member 12, in accordance with the length of the latter, each plate and its bosses, and the movable member associated therewith constituting an independent temporary binder unit, any desired number of which may be applied to the base member. The anchoring means may include a single elongated plate 17, having a plurality of bearing bosses 18, and a single elongated detent boss having a plurality of orifices 19, as shown by Figure 7.

A loose-leaf binder of this type in which arches of the movable members are independent of each other, is adapted to be more conveniently operated than one in which the arches are connected and necess rily moved in unison, because the independence of the arches enables a portion oit a leaf to be removed from a released or unlocked arch, While another portion remains in engagement with a locked arch.

This provision makes it possible to progressively engage with the binder, orto disengage from it one or several leaves, and meanwhile to secure continuously in alinement that portion oi" the pack ont leaves which. is engaged, or is being progressively engaged With the arches.

Inl loose-leaf binders et this type in Whichthe. arches are. necessarily operated in unison, .it is more convenient and generally necessary lo turn the entire hinder to a position at right angles to its normal position when in use, in order to more easily engage the leaves with all the arches siniultinicously, and when thus or otherwise manipulating the leaves in such binders it is diilicult to avoid disarranging them, as no provision is made in such case tor holding the leaves in alinement.

The improvement hercin. described crates much more simply and directly, and without any shifting ot the cover :trom its normal position, inasmuch as only one arch. at a time is unlocked (preferably the top arch is unlocked first and the rest. ot the arches in consecutive order), and the paper lying tlat on the cover member can be directly moved into position and progressively locked into the arches, without lifting the paper from flat position on the cover member; or by reversal leaves may be thus progressively unlocked and swung ont ol" position without displacing the rest. ot the pacl.

l am enabled b fv providing a plurality ol' movable members, each including a single arch and a journal which carries only one arch, te employ at least three arches, as shown by Figure 1, and to operate the arches singly, consecutively, and progressively in such manner that the pack ot paper shall be always held in control by at least two locked arches. lilhcn two arches are coupled together by single journal portion, the arches must be unlocked simultaneously and entirely release the paper trom coniincn'lent, so that the sheets are liable to disarrangcnient. The single arch and journal may be employed in any combination of odd or even members, and my be arranged in groups o't three, which is desirable tor the reasony above stated. A single arch movable independently is much more casi ly released troni locked position than an arch which is a member ot a pair, connected by a journal portion. The two arches thus onnected` when engaged at their free ends with fixed detents, constitute springs, each. opposing the displacement of the other from locked position, hence considerably more force is required to unlock each arch ot a, pair than is required to unlock an indej'unulent arch. For this reason a temporary hinder which includes a pair ol' arches, comm-tod hy :l journal portion, unsuitable foiuse by young children in schools.

I claim:

1. A. temporary binder cmnprisiiu,r a hai-'v provided with a plurality oi aligned tubular bearings, a plurality of leaf engaging members each including a resilient arch shaped section, the several axle sections extendinpr laterally `)from one end ot the arch shaped section, the several axle sections extending!" into the several bear rings and eachbeing V:

Manera hold in all posititms thereof troni longitudinal mmfcinent in its bearing, each `arch shaped ,section having adjacent other' end a notch, and a plurality of detente on the base each adapted to be engaged by the notch ot one o' the aren` shaped sections 'when the latter is turned about the axis ot its axle section into operative position, the parts being so related that the arched sections may be singly, consecutively and progressively interloclred with and disengaged yfrom a paclr` Lot leaves.`

2. it temporary binder comprising a base, a plurality et plates separately secured toy `said base and each provid-ed With a tubular bead, a plurality ot leaf engaging members,

one tor each plate, each including a resilient arch shaped section and a straight axle secn tion extending laterally from one end ot the arch shaped section and into the tubular bead ot the associated leaf engaging inember, means `tor preventing relative movement inthe direction ot the length ot the axle section'betiveen the axle section and its bearing in all positions oi2 thelea'f engaging member, each arch shaped member having a notch :termed therein adjacent its other end, and a detent on each plate for engaging said notch when the leall engaging member is turned to operative position about the axis of its axle section, the parts being so related that the arched sections may be singly, consecutively and progressively inter-locked `with and disengaged troni a pack et leaves.

Si. A temporary binder comprising a base, a plurality ot plates separately secured to said base and each pro-vided with two substantially parallel tubularbeads, a leat engaging" memberassociated with each plate and comprisinga resilient arch shaped sec tion and a straight axle section extending laterally trom one end oi the arch shaped section and intoone ot the tubular beads on the plate, means for preventing relative movement between the axle section and bead in the direction et the length of the axle section in all positions ot the leaf engaging member, the resilient arch shaped section having a notch adjacent its other end, and a detent on the other bead et each plate adapted to engage the notch ot the arch shaped section when the leaf engaging niember is turned to operative position about the axis of its axle section.

ll. A. temporary binder comprising a base, a plurality ot plates separately secured to said base and each provided with a tubular bead,a leat1 engaging member associated With each plate and comprising a resilient arch shaped section and a straight axle section extending laterally trom one end of the arch shaped section and into the tubular bead on the plate, means tor preventing relative movement between the axle section and bead in the direction ot the length ont i the axle section, and t-Wo detente on the plate adapted to engage the arch shaped section at diametrically opposite points when the leaf engaging member is turned to op-` erative position about the axis of its axle section.

`lntestncoony whereof l have affixed my signature.

GEORG-E lvl. MURE.

Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,441,873 1923, upon the application of George H. Moore, of Brookli an improvement in Temporary Binders, iczttion requiring correction as follows: P section and before the comme insert the words ending ZftzfemZ/Zg/ from one @ncl of Nie dwf/z.- tcrs Patent should be rend with this correction therein that to the record of the cese in the Patent @Hice Signed and sealed this 6th day of February, A. D., 1923.

KARL FENNNG, Acting @ammissione/f of Patents.

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